Education - Then and Now

  • First English Settlement

    First English settlement in North America established by the Virginia Company in Jamestown, VA.
  • First Free School

    The first free school opened up in Virginia.
  • First College

    Harvard college was the first higher education started in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • Massachusettes Bay School Law

    The massachusettes bay school law was passed in 1642, assuring parents that their children must know the principals of religion and the capital laws of the common wealth.
  • Second College

    The second college was opened in Virginia as The College of William and Mary. It is known to be Thomas Jefferson's college.
  • First Girls School

    The first all girls school opened in Philadelphia and was called The Young Girls Academy.
  • Blackboard

    The first blackboard was inventedf in 1801 by James Pillans .
  • First Deaf People School

    The first school for deaf people opened up in 1817 by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet.
  • First Public High School

    The first public high school opened in 1821 by the name of Boston English HIgh School.
  • First Visual Disability School

    In 1829, the first school for children with visual disabilities opened in Massachusettes. Now known as the Perkins School for the Blind.
  • First African American College

    The first African American college opened up in 1837 in Cheyney, Pennsylvania. Now known as the Institute for Colored Youth.
  • First Funded School

    The first funded school was opened for teachers. Then known as a normal school.
  • Children With Intellectual Needs

    The first school for kids with intellectual needs opened.
  • First Kindergarden

    The first kindergarden was made in Watertown, Wisconsin.
  • Department of Education

    The department of education was created to help build more effective schools.
  • Joliet Junior College

    The first public community college in the United States.
  • SAT

    The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) was created in 1926.